DNA Analyses and Genetic Origins of the Ainu

In this video I talk about the Ainu, the indigenous people from the northern region of Japan, their culture, genetic profile, and ancestry. They are well known as the ethnic group that appears in manga series “Golden Kamuy.”
Data Source: Wang, CC., Yeh, HY., Popov, A.N. et al. Genomic insights into the formation of human populations in East Asia. Nature 591, 413-419 (2021). doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03...
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[@Figgy5119]

Honestly, the Ainu language is pretty much gone. I was talking to a couple Ainu people in the Lake Akan Ainu village, and they said that there are basically no "native speakers" left, and although there are a few old people who can speak it to a degree and there are some linguists who learned it and try to pass on what they can, it's pretty much gone and even when the elders perform their kamuynomi ceremonies in Ainu, they are basically reciting a string of words they memorized but don't understand.

[@opetaiaseni1955]

😢

[@Lotusum2064]

İt sounds like turkish( not sure but just a guess) for example: akan ainu in turkish mean: flowing/spreading around/ glittering moonlight.. kamuynomi: kamu means society but no idea about ynomi😅.😅

[@kekeke8988]

@@Lotusum2064 kamuy means god or spirit, cognate to Japanese kami.

[@aysea271]

​@@Lotusum2064Türkmüsunüz?

[@jamesmcinnis208]

"Honestly"

[@andrewdunbar828]

There is only one village in Japan that is majority Ainu. Nibutani in Biratori. There is an Ainu-run guesthouse called Yanto right next to a museum that hosts regular cultural gatherings open to anyone interested. I visited for a couple of days six months or so before the pandemic.

[@ShowAnNDTeLL]

we dont really know the ainu are found in the mainstream they do not advertise they are ainu, because of the society of shame among nihons

[@davidwong6]

😊G

[@MarcoPolo-sk8nz]

They are ethnicaly Russians, they had totem animal bear, later they were expeled and assimilated by influx of Asiatic new commers. They had code of honour samu RA, also they had Vedic Solar symbolism in which solar symbol RA was represented as swastic symbol, also adopted as main icon in Japanese culture as country of raising sun with sun depicted on national flag. Swastic symbolism natively belongs to a ethnic group called Indo-Irano-Slavic-Arian. Swastic symbol Solar symbor representing Pease, Life and Eternal Growth, was stolen by Fascists and pereverted and comit atrocities. In this Indo Irano Slavic Arian ethnic group, the sun was the main diety, representing Creator on phycal plane of existance, just like the Sun God RA in Ancient Egypt. The Indo Irano Arian Ethnic group, speaks the languages derrived from Ancient Sanscrit, Just like ancient Vedic cultures in the recent past were Solar Worshipers or Fire Worshipers as representetion of the Sun. Ancient Sanscrit served as base of Latin and later tranformed into Germanic group, and later formed group of european laguages including French and English. So if you were to trace back the ancestry of all languages and cultures they would eventually come to one source of culture and language and it is - "Solar Vedism" originated from Indo Irano Slavic Arian ethnic group. Solar Vedism is native to ancient Russia it is originated there, and ancient Sanscrit linguistically is secondary to Russian language. Fluently speaking specialst Sancritologist, can understand "modern" Russian language, that is 2 languages with tens of thousands years apart!!!Hence Russian language remained unchanged for tens of thousands of tears, while other languages were created and formed on its bases. Do you understand significance of this?! This is a big hush-hush in the "main strim, poplar, populistic science".

[@phillipbug958]

*NOW* Continue statement. Yes, Japan has been overrun many times, as have all countries. Ainu are the same as any aboriginal once dominating & now only controlling a small portion

[@MarcoPolo-sk8nz]

Aboriginal people of japan are Ainu!

[@dewif5331]

The Ainu called Japanese people Sisam. The bigger the tattoo around the women’s mouths, the more influential/important their husband is. The Ainu woman started getting mouth tattoo at around 12/13 yo, indicating that it has come their time to get married. The hand tattoos are different in each areas. The Ainu would look after orphan baby bears until they got bigger and then “send them to kamuy land” or basically kill them and they would take their pelts, meat, etc except their heads and hold a certain ceremony called Iomante. There are other facts about Ainu that I know after I watched and read Golden Kamuy. But I don’t want to write the longest essay I’ve ever written here 😅

[@Abeturk]

Yeğ / Yüğ = upper, superior Yeğ-mek > Yemek (to eat)= to add on oneself, to take it in one's essence Yeğ-im> Yem= provender, fodder > Yemiş= fruit Yüğ-le-mek > yeğlemek = to keep it on top of others, make it relatively superior, ~to prefer Yüğ-ka-yer-u > yukarı =(which side is on top) = Up Yüğ-ce > yüce = superior in level /sublime Yüğ-ce-al-mek > yücelmek = to achieve superiority in level Yüğ-sü-ek > yüksek = high Yüğ-sel > yüksel = exponential , superlative Yüğ-sü-al-mek> yükselmek = to rise to a high level, to ascend Yüğ-sük > yüzük =(ring)= jewelry worn on the finger top Yüğ-sü-en-mek > yüksünmek= to feel slighted / take offended Yüğ-ük > yük =(load)> carried on top, undertaken Yüğ-ün > yün =(wool)> the feathers that on sheep Yüğ-üt > yiğit =(valiant)> superior in character Yüğ-en > yüğen /yeğen =(nephew)> which is kept superior, held in high esteem, valued, precious (yüen > yen 元) Yüğ-en-cük > yüğençüğ > yinçi (inci) =(precious little thing)> pearl , 珍珠 Yüğengi >yengi> yeni =(new)> what's that coming on top , what's coming after Yüğenge > yenge =(brother's wife)> who's coming after, added to the family later (new bride) Yüğ-üne /Yeğ-ine > yine/ gene =again /over and over > yeniden = anew /once more Yüğ-en-mek> yenmek = to overcome, to cope with, to subdue Yüğ-en-el-mek > yenilmek= to be overcome, to be subdued, to show weakness Yüğengil > yengil =remains on top of, light, weak Şan= Glory, splendor 單于 > Şan-Yüğ =Exalted glorious Yormak=to tire= to arrive over someone (too many). (too much) to go onto (Yörmek)> Örmek=(to operate on something), to weave on top , to wrap around (Yörümek)> Yürümek= to go over something, to wander around (yöre=precincts) (yörük=nomad) Yürümek= to walk (yürü=go on) Yülümek=to go by slipping over something Yalamak= to lick >~to take swiping/ by scraping on something off Yolmak= to pluck=to pull by snatching off, tear off (~flatten the top) Yılmak=to throw down from the one's own top (~get bored), to hit the ground from above (yıldırım=lightning…yıldız=star) Yurmak= to pull onto, cover over (yur-ut>yurt=tabernacle) (yur-gan>yorgan=quilt) Yırmak=to bring it on top of, to take it off (yırışmak>yarışmak= to race> to overcome each other) (Yır-et-mak)>Yırtmak= to tear= to get it inside-out or bottom to top (by pulling from both sides) (~tide over, get rid of it) Yarmak= to split, to tear apart= go vertically from top to bottom, separate by cutting off Yermek=to pull down ,pull to the ground Germek=to tense= to pull it in all directions > Sermek= to spread it in all directions Yıkmak= to demolish= overthrow , take down from top to bottom, turn upside down Yığmak= to stack= put on top of each other, dump on top of each other (yığlamak=shed tears over and over, cry over) Yağmak=get rained on, get spilled on / to pour down from above Yakmak= to burn out=to purify matter by heating and removing mass , reduce its volume Yoğmak=make condensed=to tighten and purify, narrow by turning, get rid of own volume (~get dead) Yoğurmak= to knead=tighten and thicken , reduce volume, bring to consistency (Yogurt=thickened milk product) Yuğmak=to purify squeezing to clean (Yuğamak>yıkamak= to wash) Yiv = sharp, pointed (yivlemek= sharpen the tip) Yuvmak=to squeezing thin out, narrow (yuvka>yufka= thin dough) (yuvka>yuka=thin, shallow) (yuvuz>yavuz=thin, weak, delicate) Yuvarlamak=to round off=narrow by turning (yuva (smallest shelter)= nest) (yavru (smallest)= cub ) Yummak=to shut by squeezing, close tightly (Yumurmak=make it closes inward) (yumruk=fist) (yumurta= egg)

[@adrianciobanu5856]

​@@Abeturk😂😂😂yug in Rusian mins South

[@timeandplace4114]

Thank you for the additional information.

[@AdiSchwarz]

Oh yes Golden Kamuyyy!!! ❤❤❤ When I was watching it, I remember the parts of Hokkaido I visited (Abashiri, Asahikawa, Sapporo, & Otaru) & how amazed I was whenever they mention "that place [in the past]" as "that place [now]."

[@sycronice]

The sequence of your facts made me think that "here must be a fellow fan of Golden Kamuy". Was not disappointed when you mentioned the manga in your final sentence.

[@b_ks]

Fascinating vid about a fascinating subject. I appreciate the delivery of good, accurate info in a short form. Much respect.

[@alfredkowsky7374]

Wonderful video presentation 🙂! I especially enjoyed the old photos.

[@beatpirate8]

i love their music! so much energy. thank you for this! i learned so much!

[@79klkw]

I am so glad for these language isolates! It truly does make a person think...those isolates are so interesting, even though we could quite possibly never figure out that part of the equation, here. It may be why it makes us so excited to hear about such unique humans! And I never knew the Ainu language still existed

[@christopherellis2663]

😂😄🫢 welcome to planet Earth 🌏

[@happysolitudetv]

The result we've been waiting for!

[@HugoHernandez-Saldana]

I love fluctuations!! Variety is the salt of the earth. Thanks Sabine.

[@willlittleton8311]

Thanks for this, always thought these people were fascinating , and I think it's important to spread awareness of their cultural idiosyncrasies, it's so unique

[@Agapi-dg7th]

You believe him that the ainu are germans Seriously?

[@willlittleton8311]

Nah, I don't even recall him saying that. I remember him mentioning the siberian & possibly north-west coast indigenous genetic link. That seems awfully plausible.

[@IndianimmigrantinIndia]

Thank you for a well researched and unbiased video. 😊

[@richardengelhardt582]

The Ainu seem culturally very close to native populations of coastal southern Alaska and northern British Columbia, as well as geographically proximate. If Ainu Jomon ancestry is now accepted through DNA tracking, then it would certainly be a productive line of archaeological inquiry to investigate possible lines of migration from Japan northeast to the Alaskan islands, in perhaps the pre- or early Jomon era, during the late Pleistocene.

[@edmundsveikutis1698]

I agree, you only need to look at the artwork .

[@land980]

There is decades worth of archaeological research on this if you're interested in reading up on it: *A Circum-Pacific Perspective on the Origin of Stemmed Points in North America* Pratt et al. 2020, PaleoAmerica *Beringia and the peopling of the Western Hemisphere* Hoffecker et al. 2023, Proceedings of the Royal Society However, the genetic evidence does not support a direct migration from Japan. Archaeology associated with earliest Jōmon culture arrives shortly after 14,000 BC, whereas the projectile points that match ones found on Hokkaido have been discovered to be already in use at that time by Native Americans in Washington State: *Late Upper Paleolithic occupation at Cooper’s Ferry, Idaho USA ~16,000 years ago* Davis et al. 2019, Science

[@plopdoo339]

Yes they already know the native Americans and these people are related. They are among the first people to have migrated into the region. Related to the first native Americans and early European settlers.

[@zoolghiest7454]

Yes the artwork is crazy similar. Even old Jomon carvings look like nw totems.

[@kaius3351]

@@plopdoo339 ：I have seen a Japanese TV program that says the Ainu are more genetically connected to natives of South America such as Quechuas or Aymaras than the natives of North America.

[@j.b.4340]

Very interesting. I’ve always been fascinated by them. Visually, they look like a Siberian/Indian(subcontinent) cross.

[@em4703]

The indian subcontinent percentages definitely explain the beautiful beards.

[@Agapi-dg7th]

Dont be silly, they are german1.000.000% for starters they are hairy like the german women, have you seen unshaved german woman? Ainus will cry if they saw a german unshaved woman 😢😢😅😅😂😂😂 ,wtf? I thought i was hairy, 😂😂😂😂

[@joangordoneieio]

TY so much! This is fascinating.

[@maliha3305]

You finally answered i gave up months ago until I came back to find that you finally did it

[@zenshinacademy4096]

I was sitting in a waiting room a few weeks ago, started looking in the end tables and found an old encyclopedia. I found the Ainu people and began to read about them. Very interesting group of people.

[@brainblox5629]

Im not sure if memory serves me correctly, but I remember learning about Ainus traditionally not washing things in flowing water, which was also custom among Turkic and Mongol tribes during their times as Tengriists

[@barguttobed]

Modern day Mongolian nomads still do not wash their clothes, utensil etc directly in the river.

[@Star.Soul.]

Because that’s their drinking water. Chinggis Khan demanded the water source remaining clean or there’d be a punishment.

[@aysea271]

Evt ben bir Turk'um ve uzun soy bağlarının karismadigindan emin olduğum orta Asya kavimler göçü ile Anadoluya gelenlerin kültürüne sahibim..büyüklerimiz derdiki akan su kir tutmaz akarsudan su içebilirsiniz ama onu asla kirletmeyin.

[@toxichuman208]

Meanwhile india :)

[@omomo202]

My husband is Japanese and he has a very thick beard. His family is from the south West Island of Shikoku so I’m wondering if he’s showing his Jomon ancestry. Really fascinating stuff!

[@Celtic-Texan]

My wife is from Kyushu, there's plenty of men on that island that have beards. This notion that Japanese men can't grow beards is silly, just look at Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli fame. Obviously that Yayoi DNA is dominant in Japan, but I believe there's plenty of Jomon DNA spread throughout Japanese society.

[@DustinHawke]

@@Celtic-Texan They generally can't grow full, thick beards. That's why there's that notion.

[@omomo202]

@@imprisonedone8054 my husband says that the people of Okinawa have a different look than mainland Japanese. This makes sense.

[@user-oi5jh1vf5d]

​@@Celtic-Texan ひげを生やしてはいけないなんて聞いたことないwww

[@AIIIAKS-vn4co]

Kansai area has the lowest percentage of Jomon people. That's why when you look at Kansai people, some of them resemble Koreans.

[@terezasantana8178]

❤ grata pelas informações. Muito bom.

[@kennethmiller2333]

For some reason, my mind always draws a line between them and the Sami people of Finland.

[@scorpionfiresome3834]

Probably due to both being on the northern region of a country, the Sami look asian-ish surrounded by Europeans and the Ainu are European-ish looking surrounded by asians.

[@blacksquirrel4008]

They’ve always reminded me of PNW native Americans with facial hair.

[@waynesmith3767]

My Grandmother, born in Northern Ostrobothnia (Finland) resembled a picture of an Ainu woman in National Geographic that I clipped it and showed it to people who thought it was a photograph of her; I’ve never done an ancestry search but have always thought my family had a lot of Asian DNA or some Sami background.

[@woodspirit98]

It's probably because of their blonde hair and blue eyes.

[@LB-uo7xy]

They also look a bit similar with some Natice American tribes.

[@barguttobed]

After a lot of requests thanks for finally making out an Ainu DNA analyse video. This Ainu sample belongs to northern Ainu from Sakhalin island and aquires more Okhotsk ancestry compared to the Ainus from Hokkaido. The "south asian" component is confused Basal East Eurasian ancestry contained among Jomon population and inherited by Ainu, it's also popping out on Tibetan results as any of those Basal East Eurasian lineageses in genetic calculators got represented as South Asian ancestry although there are no any real AASI ancestry in Ainus, Jomon or Tibetans.

[@weifan9533]

Agreed. I'm sorry I misread what you wrote earlier. After all we share the same opinion. IUP East Eurasians likely had a very wide distribution in Northern Eurasia once upon a time and it's only after the expansion of UP West Eurasians that they were forced to migrate further to the east and to the south.

[@barguttobed]

@@weifan9533 Yeah meanwhile those West Eurasians in a nutshell all spread from Middle East ahahaha

[@weifan9533]

@@barguttobed Yes, West Eurasians likely originated from or stayed longer in the Middle East than East Eurasians. Their physical features sort of resemble the Australian Aborigines or the Papuans, which are populations living in a rather hot climate. On the other hand, East Eurasians, with their thicker subcutaneous fat and the signature eye shape developed on some of them, likely evolved in a colder climate.

[@user-ph8xc6yc9v]

They're really a far distant relation with Mongolians like you. Haplogroup C and D brothers and sisters.

[@weifan9533]

@@user-ph8xc6yc9v We're talking about autosomal DNA and not Y-haplogroups. And plus haplogroup C is the brother clade of haplogroup F whereas haplogroup D is the brother clade of haplogroup E.

[@glitterytrinket6246]

Great show.... subscribed!

[@kckaz4453]

well done, m8. Thank you.

[@drivenmad7676]

I've always found the Ainu fascinating.

[@maggiejacobson7718]

I hope someone preserves the linguistic beauty of the tribe before it’s too late

[@TXMEDRGR]

Much respect for the righteous beards, well done.

[@rocketta.chique5761]

5:31 the music is so beautiful!

[@guiladlevy3152]

For those who enjoyed that amazing video and enjoy mangas : read : Golden Kamui . You will most likely enjoy it .

[@cestwhat1317]

I would’ve guessed a strong Mongolian influence, along with some genetic adaptations to the cold and other influences. Fascinating. Thank you.

[@hangten1904]

They look related to Siberians

[@GoldieDawn]

High frequency of B blood group, like us Roma Gypsies - Eurasian Nomads. x

[@b_uppy]

I see a lot of European/Caucasian visual Influence.

[@GoldieDawn]

@@b_uppy They're far older than Europeans gadgie. x

[@b_uppy]

@@GoldieDawn Think you are ignoring the admixture bit..

[@megs4193]

Excellent 😊👍.

[@tilmannwinter3296]

Men great video. But it would be really great to see the andronovo beeing tested!

[@lba6859]

Thanks for this video. In the table of the closeness to modern populations I was also expecting to see also Nivkhs. Theoretically their languages are close.

[@fillfinish7302]

Beautiful songs

[@darrelllancaster9554]

Very educational. 👍👍

[@ceo_cheese]

5:49 what a beautiful sound

[@WhiteFyre]

Looking at them, some of them look like Australian Aborigines, others look like they are partially Caucasian! Their history must be very interesting I reckon.

[@fermanrekica4766]

Where is the Australian aborigine look? I don't see it. Go read wikipedia on genetics of Ainu and Jomon. The South Asian and Papuan that shows up was confused for other components in the Sakhalin Ainu. If they were South Asian, Papuan you think their skin color would be super dark brown, not lighter than even Japanese (many East Asian can be super dark by tan too). Ainu were described as white-skinned until they labour in the sea. Anyway they are genetically East Eurasian but with some ANE ancestry.

[@jalbu8330]

I agree, I can see many of my Aboriginal uncles in the men. I visited Hokkaido and we connected as indigenous people and we met some young men who believe they are connected to us in Australia, with similar beliefs, very interesting.

[@fermanrekica4766]

@@jalbu8330 It's amazing how people can lie. Let's see here. Ainu = look white skinned Mostly Straight/wavy hair, few curly hair. Some are brown skinned because they labour under the sea and others have curly hair but you can find that in many Middle eastern caucasian and Jewish people. Their face look like Caucasian. And I'm not claiming them to be Caucasian. I rather you say they look like Sri Lanka veddas only difference is their dark skin and some features. Now with Australia aborigines = black skin, super wide nose, super thick lips. A skull that looks partly caucasian (like the jaw, forehead) but look black people overall. How can you see a resemblance is beyond my understanding.

[@frostflower5555]

to me they look like Eskimos

[@The_hidden-Life]

You can tell there straight up related to the Natives of Alaska and manitoba etc like the Art styles, aswell as Haida Gwaii, Haida stands out to me the most I used to get the Ainu and the Haida confused.

[@Lana-pf5ce]

The Native American Ainu connection was debunked

[@ramasarrow2845]

Their songs are so melodious.

[@rosmarieniesler3442]

so interesting!!

[@kerrybock766]

Interesting how close Ainu sounds to Innu or Innuit which the Eskimos call themselves, meaning: The People. The same as Ainu

[@slewone4905]

despite most of the language is unrelated, doesn't mean they won't borrow words from their neighbors.

[@robfritz841]

Lenape means The People. Siuox means the People. Cree means the People. All tribes think they are The People. It’s what united us

[@BenjiSun]

i think there needs to be more language and religion migration studies between the Inuit, the Tungusic, the Yakut, the Ainu, and the Mongols, and a lot of the similarities will show up very clearly. Especially between the Ainu and the Haida-Gwai. there's a lot of overlapping symbology.

[@j.b.4340]

Generally, American Indians are nearly hairless(not head hair), while the Ainu are not.

[@j.b.4340]

@@robfritz841Sioux is a pejorative which means, “snakes”. They call themselves by their tribe, Dakota, Nakota, Lakota, and so on.

[@jeanfrancois125]

Very interesting

[@StephanieDeAyalaLarragoiti]

The topic of genetics is very interesting.

[@troygaspard6732]

I have to thank the manga Golden Kamu for introducing me to this ancient Japanese culture; especially the cuisine.

[@iama2427]

This is one of the things golden kamuy manga taught me. We need more anime manga series like it.

[@iyaibeji4120]

Beautiful culture,Hope they keep it

[@Shadovvwithoutbody]

As an uralic speaker I find both ainu and japanese very fascinating and close to me. At least compared those who has been surrinding my people in the last few millenia.

[@mindigboldogorakatmutat2922]

I like it too. Greetings from Hungary.

[@user-pm9pn6rb9f]

アイヌは縄文人の子孫、弥生人と縄文人の混血の現在の日本人とアイヌは共通の祖先を有している

[@r8chlletters]

Kami in Shinto is the spirit or life force of all things, interestingly similar to Ainu tradition.

[@sarcasmunlimited1570]

It would make sense that most of them came through Sakhalin, after having traveled from somewhere in Central Asia. The rest must have come in small order groups from everywhere else by boats, as various populations spread out over Asia and Oceania.

[@ryanblystone5153]

Thank you

[@jimmy_rizo]

Samurai Champloo, a manga series showcased the Ainu tragedy very profoundly. The whole series is such a masterclass.

[@rachmondhoward2125]

Ainu cognates with Anu, a major Mesopotamian deity! Are there any genetic studies which investigate a link between the Ainu and Middle Eastern populations closely linked to ancient Mesopotamia?

[@marcopolitical7571]

I didn’t knew. Interesting

[@matiasguillermoweckmann5195]

Amazing! Can you do ancient germanic?

[@amabiko]

Fun fact, historical Japanese emperors belonged to Y-DNA Haplogroup D1a2a, which is a Jomon haplogroup.

[@user-qwertyuiopasdfghj]

Source?

[@Agapi-dg7th]

​@@user-qwertyuiopasdfghj source? Do you think he is able to give you a source? Germans 1300 years ago went to morth japan ,how with lufthansa?😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅😅

[@amitysfangs9307]

My moms family is from tokyo for all I know and my dad is 99% anglo but my whole life I've thought no one has this weird impossibly thick, dark wavy hair like mine but then I see the Ainu and I don't feel alone anymore. Also the bear cult is thought to have been a holdover from paleolithic times and thought to be connected to similar rituals practiced by native siberians.

[@lorrieborder]

You should complete a DNA analysis to see if you are Ainu. If you are male, you'll be able to identify your male haplogroup; and if you're female, again, you'll know you female haplogroup. Your male/female haplogroup will tell you about your familial migration. It would certainly be interesting.

[@takineko]

What kind of Anglo is your dad? Could be Sicilian from Italy?

[@user-hm6bn6kw6k]

Fascinating, though it could have been longer. . . .

[@hitomiinuyama9374]

Interesting video! My dad and his family are from Hokkaido. 😄🇯🇵❤️

[@annepoitrineau5650]

Beautiful traditional pictural motives. I hope the culture can survive.

[@weifan9533]

According to Vallini et al. 2022, the first group of East Eurasians to split off from the rest were Ust-Ishim and Bacho Kiro / Oase, followed by Aeta, Papuans, Australian Aborigines, and AASI. All these events likely happened around 45,000 ybp. And then around 40,000 ybp Tianyuan and Hoabinhians / Andamanese split off from the rest. And then around 30,000 ybp Jomon and Longlin split off from the rest, and finally around 23,000 to 26,000 ybp Northern East Asians and Southern East Asians diverged.

[@mcbrians.8508]

I have a feeling that these groups despite their ethnic differences (white, black, brown, or red) speaks one language. That one language was Babylonian!!! I have these persistent feeling that after the confusion of tongues, all these groups eventually separated from one another. If you take a look in Chinese alphabets for a while, you'll notice that some of them look like drawings of houses, birds, etc. Could it be that after their sudden language confusion, they resorted to drawings to communicate. This is just a theory.

[@weifan9533]

@@mcbrians.8508 I believe in genetics and scientific evidence I don't believe in random hypotheses or rumors. You replied to the wrong person.

[@mcbrians.8508]

@@weifan9533 even scientific evidences and genetics are still human rumors and human childish suggestions . Your obsolete Chinese thinking is woefully out of touch. Improve!

[@weifan9533]

@@Icneumone7 Well, I need to clear up a few points. First of all, I never said that Ainu and Australian aborigines have the same haplogroups okay? Don't put words into my mouth. Just for your information they don't have the same haplogroups. Ainu mostly belong to D1a2a-M55 with some C2-M217, whereas Australian aborigines belong to K2-M526 and C1b2b-M347. And their haplogroups aren't close either. DE and CF diverged nearly 70,000 ybp, C and F (K2 is a descendant of F) diverged around 60,000 ybp, and C1 and C2 diverged around 50,000 ybp. Secondly I did not make any claim. What I said at the beginning has already been proved by the Vallini et al. 2022 paper. And nope this does not concern haplogroups but rather autosomal DNA. East Eurasian isn't a haplogroup it's an autosomal category.

[@manh9105]

@@mcbrians.8508 lol!

[@davidanelson1]

Fascinating people, history, and culture. And the music SWINGS! How about that?

[@antonioramos8804]

So interesting, I never stop learning. This is so neat. I should of been a cultural anthropologist . Took a few classes in college though. Learn all you can, don't mistrust what you don't know. Learn.

[@edanridge3023]

Interested fact when the Australians ran up against Ainu soldiers in ww2 they were shocked by their physiques and fighting prowess one soldier was quoted saying, During that day's fighting [30 August 1942] we saw many Japanese of large physique, powerfully built men of six feet and over. These tough assault troops came from Hokkaidō, a northern Japanese island of freezing winters, where the bears roamed freely. They were known in their own country as "Dosanko", a name for horses from Hokkaidō, and they withstood splendidly the harsh climate of the Owen Stanley Range. A 2/14th Battalion officer said to me: "I couldn't believe it when I saw these big bastards bearing down on us. I thought they must be Germans in disguise

[@user-is3js9qp5e]

Ainu people are not tall. It was about the same as the Japanese.

[@edanridge3023]

@@user-is3js9qp5e his words not mine

[@clubeyxander5132]

In a paper written in 1955 by Sakuzaemon Kodama, the most prominent anthropologist on Ainu studies of the time, states that the average height of male Ainu people was around 159cm whereas it was around 162-163 for male non-Ainu Japanese. His estimation was made through intensive surveying of living Ainu and Japanese people as well as through excavations of burial sites, which of course led to massive criticism in later years. At the time, as there still is now, there was a common belief among Westerners that the Ainu were Caucasians, and that they shared physical similarities with Westerners. This belief was instigated by the missionary John Batchelor in order to lure the Ainu into Christianity and separate them from the Japanese. Because Batchelor wrote intensely about the Ainu when information about these people were scarce, his writings has had great influence on the understanding of the people, especially among Westerners (and even in Japan) . Though he has left behind a great legacy in Ainu studies, it must be noted that much of his works cannot be considered impartial or academic from modern day standards. All his works stems form his conviction that Japanese need to be made better by being Christianized, and all the arguments he made were done so to serve that purpose. The fact he never learned to properly write in Japanese after 64 years in Japan shows where he stood as a Westerner in Japan (even his studies of the Ainu language have been proven to be inaccurate) . It's sad that, still to this day, many Western writers reporting about the Ainu rely heavily on the works of Batchelor or by people or theories which were or are heavily influenced by Batchelor. Of course, the theory that the Ainu are Caucasians has been since debunked from anthropology, comparative linguistics, and most recently from genetics. I am very curious about the Australian story though. Could you point me to the source of the story? I'm genuinely interested.

[@alliefee8596]

You’d have to factor in general privation from WWII and not compare how tall Ainu are currently. If they were allowed unrestricted cultural practices, especially related to food, before the war, it’s quite possible soldiers in the war were taller than those born after the war.

[@clubeyxander5132]

@@alliefee8596 No, absolutely incorrect. The post-war generation is much taller than the pre-war generation.

[@LycanWolf-qu8dz]

5:31 does anyone know the name of this song? it has such a beautiful tone to it

[@senecaknowsbest8380]

Time to record and catalog it

[@yadgar1969]

Awesome beards... as a Central European wannabe Afghan, I'm really envious - mine grows not longer than 25 cms!

[@maciekszymanski8340]

The first scientist to describe the Ainu people was Bronislaw Pilsudski. He wrote down their language, myths and beliefs.

[@valeriewedel2775]

I think you mean the first Western European scientist. The Ainu certainly know who they are.

[@DerEchteBold]

@@valeriewedel2775 What a pethetic remark, trying to hurl unnecessary blame on a completely innocent statement.

[@spark5012]

@valeriewedel "The first SCIENTIST to describe the Ainu people was Bronislaw Pilsudski." I'm sure the Ainu know who they are, but he said "scientist," Blondie.

[@alexandrahenderson4368]

​@@spark5012imagine thinking that only wyt folk with cars could be scientist lmao. The person you replied to was insinuating they had their own scientists

[@peterkilbridge6523]

​@@valeriewedel2775Thanks for the non-clarification, Exalted Woke Person. There's always one like you in the class to interrupt Herr Professor in the middle of his lecture.

[@michelleboyle6497]

The famous Yul Brynner was from Sakhalin Island (still contested between Russia and Japan), but he is often claimed by Roma/Gypsies

[@attilatasciko4817]

Thanks .

[@goombah226]

Them Ainu are badass!

[@arandomguywhowannahavesome8694]

I saw Ainu in an anime. I thought this is just a fiction. Great to know the history of these people. It's called Golden Kamuy. I highly recommend it.

[@mostfunnestchannel]

Golden Kamuy is a great story. Historical anime is awesome, like the first season of Vinland Saga, the story of Cnut the great the viking king that became king of England, Denmark and Norway.

[@arandomguywhowannahavesome8694]

Golden kamuy is really underated.

[@dewif5331]

Hinna hinna

[@moonyaan]

me tooo

[@dewaeryadi7776]

First time i learn about ainu is from doraemon manga i read as a kid, its memorable because how different they look from traditional japanese history aesthetic like samurai

[@user-vw8it9oo8h]

I have heard that the tribe of the main character in Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke is modeled after the Ainu people.

[@zoolghiest7454]

It totally is.

[@mitonaarea5856]

I think they are modeled on the Emishi

[@ayumis5452]

@@mitonaarea5856Emishi is just how central government at that time described the indigenous people living in the northern part of Honshu, meaning barbarians. there are not many information left because the tribe has basically gone extinct, but many believes that they were in the same or similar group as Ainu, but living in Honshu.

[@Mjanja]

@@ayumis5452 researchers don't think Emishi are necessarily the same as Ainu (historically called Ezo) Among the recorded Emishi people names are many that can be explained in Japanese more than those that can be explained in Ainu The Emishi would have been people who spoke an extinct dialect of Eastern Japan(it’s called Jodai Togoku go), or the Honshu Ainu language, or their creole language

[@Mjanja]

@@ayumis5452 In addition, Emishi is a loanword from the Honshu Ainu language that means human, and it may have been used in a relatively positive manner until the conflict between the imperial court and emishi intensified

[@scottlund4562]

Pacific NW symbolism somewhat in their dress...cool video. 🤙

[@yodaz101]

Ok...That's a first...Digging the groovy tunes...man....🐰👍

[@marcomolinero5877]

One thing I find about these Ainu videos is they don't mention that they make totem poles and some of their traditional patterns on their clothing is similar to the North West natives of USA and Canada like the Haida. I think it's possible they could have had some connection at one point maybe through trading? There's also some similarities between the Maori and the Northwest native tribes. The Polynesians traveled far and wide. They also use totem poles.

[@lunagrace2872]

And the idea of no written system is also similar to many Native American tribes. They seems to have a possibility of having connections a long time ago.

[@montananerd8244]

Chances are better that they all have a common ancestor from Central Asia, from whence certain artistic patterns & storytelling & spirituality came, which is the story that the global DNA map tells as well.

[@senecavermeulen8110]

@@lunagrace2872i can’t tell if this is a joke lol

[@xv2660]

​@@lunagrace2872not a dig at you but you're misinformed on this topic many Indigenous people in the Americas pre contact had writing systems a few that come to mind are Aztecs, Ojibwe Navajo, Hopi, Lakota, and Zapotec

[@senecavermeulen8110]

@@xv2660 these groups, other than the nahua and zapotecs, did not have writing systems. they had agreed-upon symbols that represented certain concepts. they could not form true sentences in their symbol systems. look up mi’kmaq ‘hieroglyphs’ for a better explanation the real problem in her logic is saying that a lack of a writing system is a shared cultural trait, rather than a lack of a shared cultural trait. that’s why i assumed she was trolling

[@cydkriletich6538]

Many years ago I was told by someone that there were tall, blonde Japanese on one of the Northern islands. I don’t see blonde or necessarily tall people in these photos, but I’ll bet this is what they were referencing. The people in these photos appear to be an interesting mix of Asian and Caucasian. Itks good to hear the Japanese government is finally recognizing them. I think when we look deeply at the DNA of different populations on this planet, we will finally have to admit that there is no such thing as “purely one” ethnicity in anyone. We are likely all somehow related at some level. Somehow I find that comforting. Perhaps in many years to come, this knowledge will ease the profound “us v them” mentality with which mankind has plagued itself for eons.

[@kumarc7091]

There you are!

[@dejantodorovski5222]

👍

[@howgood88]

Until a few generations ago, most Japanese were a lot shorter than they are now, with the Ainu being as tall as they are now. I visited Kyoto in 1990. I'm 5'5", and was born in 1953. I noticed guys my age were about my height, guys older than I was were all shorter, and most teenagers, including a lot of the girls, were taller than I am, and close to the American average. Not too long ago, I read a little about an outfit of Ainu in the Japanese Army during WWII. They were so much taller than most Japanese that our soldiers wondered if they were Germans.

[@dejantodorovski5222]

@@howgood88 In every nation in the world no matter it belongs to the Western Civilization or not, which is under influence of "western" products and way of living, it's future generations are a bit taller than the previous one. My grandfather was taller than my father, I'm taller than my father and I suppose most probably my child will be taller than me.

[@howgood88]

@@dejantodorovski5222 It's called reaching the genetic potential for height. Postwar Japanese have been getting a lot more protein in their diet. My mother was born and raised in Brooklyn. In her younger days, European immigrants were distinctly shorter than Americans, on average. Their children would become larger, and the grandchildren would be typical American height.

[@sheckyfeinstein]

I like people that smile a lot.

[@bahattincevik3168]

Yeni programlarınız gelmiyor ne oldu bittimi birdaha yeni programlar yapmayacakmısınız acaba 🤔

[@Ersen_abiniz]

Perfecto

[@pamrussell5120]

Amazing how many lands had indigenous peoples

[@killgoretrout9000]

even more amazing how many different indigenous people at different times some lands had

[@jeffreykalb9752]

I remember this fanciful Japanese poem from the 1980's "praising" the Ainu... Dai, dai, Ainu. Dai, dai, Ainu. Dai, dai, Ainu. Dai Ainu, dai, dai, dai.

[@sharminir]

Your thumbnail image got my attention and curiosity. The Ainu people are so interesting, and as I saw their images I kept thinking they have a lot of South Asia features, and seeing the DNA results it was the 2nd highest. Which got me to be more curious on the ancient migration from South Asia and Papuan. Thank you for this video

[@fermanrekica4766]

The DNA study is a error. Go read wikipedia on genetics of Ainu and Jomon. The South Asian and Papuan that shows up was confused for other components in the Sakhalin Ainu. If they were South Asian, Papuan you think their skin color would be super dark brown, not lighter than even Japanese (many East Asian can be super dark by tan too). Ainu were described as white-skinned until they labour in the sea. Anyway they are genetically East Eurasian but with some ANE ancestry.

[@user-jt3dw6vv4x]

The "South Asian" and "Papuan" represent deep East Eurasian ancestry, a component that is shared between most Asian and Pacific groups (including South Asians and Papuans). It does not mean quite literally they are part South Asian or Papuan.

[@user-jt3dw6vv4x]

@@fermanrekica4766 The "South Asian" and "Papuan" represent deep East Eurasian ancestry, a component that is shared between most Asian and Pacific groups (including South Asians and Papuans). It does not mean quite literally they are part South Asian or Papuan.

[@Aenar147]

I will otet cilu tvoju familiji.. nice video can you make something about illiryran DNA please

[@Apxioul]

Cool

[@ALIMUSLIYAR1921]

Great people and culture Respect from A south indian ( Meluhian) to ainu people❤❤

[@rusantmandewaowaranay1261]

As a Japanese, I'm proud of one descendant of 縄文人(Johmon people) even with 10% of Johmon DNA, who are said that they had no battle between them in 12,000 years, who built a splendid culture, and who had the courage and adventurous spirit to travel to the Americas.

[@Arthur-ot7id]

I'm from the Brazilian Amazon and some of us look kinda like Jomon. It's not a direct link, but our ancestors were related for sure. When I was younger ppl thought I had Japanese ancestry.

[@rusantmandewaowaranay1261]

@@Arthur-ot7id As far as I know, recent studies seem to have reached the Americas in two ways. In the north, from Japan, the Kuril Islands, the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Aleutian Islands, and then on to Alaska. The southern part goes to South America via the islands of Taiwan, the Philippines, New Guinea, Micronesia, Polynesia, and Melanesia. Pottery that looks exactly like Johmon pottery has been excavated from Ecuador. Nowadays, if you look at a map, you might be able to travel across the islands, but it is so much amazing that they made it to the American continent at a time when there was nothing like that. What made it happen? They're brave? They're adventurous? I'd like to know their motives, if possible. Perhaps you are also a descendant of the Johmon people.

[@pratiksingh1714]

Pls don’t stop posting

[@kasturipillay6626]

Wow amazing people,,they should be protected. ❤

[@susanschaffner4422]

Their animism is ancient and unique in the modern world.

[@kennethpon9498]

Maybe this will contribute a piece of the puzzle to unraveling the origins of the Ainu (or maybe not :-) ). As a young Okinawan girl just before WWII, my mother overheard older men discussing the origins of the rulers of the Ryukyuan kingdom-- the Sho dynasty. The men said that an Ainu woman traveled with her young son to Okinawa from somewhere in Japan. It wasn't clear if she had a husband or if he were with her. From these two, the Sho dynasty started which ruled for a number of centuries. This could explain your table which demonstrates that Ryukyuans are more closely related to the Ainu than other populations.

[@yo2trader539]

Ainu is a culture that emerges with the fusion of Jomon and Okhotsk people in Karafuto, Chishima, and Hokkaido. All modern people of Japan have varying degree of Jomon ancestry. In fact 40% of modern Japanese carry Y-DNA Haplogroup D. But it's true that the JOMON admixture in Okinawa, Amami, and Southern Kyushu is higher than national average, which is why they have strong alcohol tolerance. The regions with higher rice-farming YAYOI DNA (Y-DNA Haplogroup O1b2) is in the Kansai and SETOUCHI region.

[@KevinWarburton-tv2iy]

Could be just folkore to explain connection when in reality Ainu of Far North & Far South were just the remnants of indigene Ainu once extant across whole of Japan until invasion by Japanese Ancestors. The Ainu survived the longest on the edges ...just like Celts/Celtic Speakers remained longest in edges of UK & Ireland.

[@nealgrey6485]

My eskimo grandma had three vertical lines running down from her lower lip to the bottom of her chin. These were scars so they were cut. She called them her ‘beauty marks’. I could not get anything else from her.

[@lba6859]

Ainu had a tradition of marks around lips for young women. Initiation for motherhood. Very old tradition that traces its roots from Africa

[@assassin3003]

I've seen Afrocentrists claim they are the original Ainu

[@sleepyccs]

You're lying.

[@nicolaspetit6718]

🤣

[@DoubleDragon-ks2hk]

Well I don't where that came from but if it's true to those guys are really insane and I'm African

[@user-ov6bv9cn1o]

They claim to be the original Chinese too. It’s all BS

[@vengadesank6988]

​@@DoubleDragon-ks2hk: its not true though

[@brandonschecker]

Can you do more viking dna results plz thank you

[@andreasalmroth5980]

Where is the background music from?

[@SevenDoomer7]

make the gengis khan dna test pls

[@montananerd8244]

As far as I know, that is considered fairly unlikely. But we'll all have to wait, the next 20-50 years will see a lot of research announced clarifying the story of ancient North America. But I do not think people were even making fabric before the Bering Strait was flooded over. It's a very, very, very long way from Japan to Northern NA and there's no evidence in NA of pre-colonial trade with Japan

[@MC-gt6yp]

Real indigenous Philippines peoples also look different from current populations. They had curly hair, dark skin, broad nose and oriental eyes. If people of the world actually trace back their genealogy and acknowledge or accept the truth; there would be less fighting.

[@ver_idem]

Decimali shall compare the DNA whith that of the Denisovans.The DNA results are from a a modern person?

[@Obiwan1]

Next Please do Mal'ta-Buret culture people dna

[@Mokuzai-Onna.]

Uchinanchu women tattooed the back of their hands to discourage Japanese pirates from taking them when they raided Uchinanchu trading ships. Japanese thought tattoos on women as damaged goods.

[@spark5012]

That makes more sense than the explanation here.

[@user-jd4qz3ky5f]

Tatto culture was seen all over the Japanese archipelago. It's just one of Jomon and Yayoi traditions and that's all.

[@Mjanja]

You are completely wrong “Hajichi” is an based on the idea that tattoos are the only decoration that can be carried into the afterlife

[@Mokuzai-Onna.]

@Mjanja why are you so arrogant?? To just come at me like that?? Hajichi is many things. Yes, your one statement is partially true. There's more. It means woman, beauty, rites of passage, and marital status. My Oba or Grandmother died over 20 years ago. Today, she would be about 107 years old. I have seen her Hajichi in real life. A story was told to me on Okinawa about how the Japanese would raid Ryukyu ships and take the goods and the women. After a while, the ships that were raided, they noticed the Japanese would not take the women who had tattoos. This was before Hajichi, my guess. So the women started to tattoo the back of their hands so the Japanese pirates would not take them. So the expression, damaged goods. Designs were different through out the Ryukyu islands.

[@kanshimajiri5341]

@@Mokuzai-Onna. キミ沖縄の共産主義活動家やろ。 外国人相手に大嘘ひろめんなよ！ プリムヌが！